Opera
Subtitle: A New Way of Listening
Edition: Har/Cdr edition
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Published: September 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781899883721
Subjects: Opera; Music; Genres & Styles - Opera; Analysis, appreciation; Operas
Description: The book introduces opera and analyzes eight masterpieces: "Don Giovanni" by Mozart, "Dido and Aeneas" by Purcell, "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, "Rigoletto" by Verdi, "The mastersingers of Nuremberg" by Wagner, "Boris Godunov" by Mussorgsky, "Carmen" by Bizet, and "Tosca" by Puccini. The cd contains key songs from each opera that are broken into "timelines" in the text.